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James - why close at one end and not in the middle?
Either way can see this would be cheapest - also could be put in as a temporary measure to view impact
Also other measures have unwanted impacts;
* speed ramps / bumps - if too high rattle the foundations, too low do not control speed
* narrow road - already narrow due to parking
* central islands
* some type of chicane/narrowing (e.g. Ivydale Road) - might be an option?
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Some interesting pictures here ............
http://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/southwark-cyclists-road-works-patrol-30-july-2015/
See cycle volumes at rush hour in e.g. item 12
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"All lines have now reopened following a tree on the line at Forest Hill. Southern services between Sydenham and London Bridge may still be delayed by up to 20 minutes.
Trains will continue to be disrupted until around 15:00 as services return to normal.
Replacement buses are running between Oxted and Uckfield.
Southern services on other routes may be affected due to the displacement of trains and crew."
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Sorry - as you were - obstruction must be south of Peckham Rye - overground seems okay from here - but Honor Oak out
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Tree down so no overground to Clapham Junction from e.g. Peckham Rye Forest Hill
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Came past there just now and it has a flat tyre - looks very unloved
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Is it possible this is due to shared use and pressure drops as people get home from work?
Is it the same early am - say 06.30 to 08.30 ?
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Filtered permeability :-)
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Might be a case for some filtered permeability - see err http://lcc.org.uk/pages/urban-design-1
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Yeah - sight-lines in East Dulwich are useless - will it take someone to be killed to get this sorted out?
I write as the owner and occasional driver of a motor that does not have forward control - as here....
http://www.forward-control.org/index.php/forward-control-vehicles-at-work/
I have real trouble seeing around corners :-(
And as a cyclist I've almost been totalled a number of times as wulfhound says
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Seconded
That's why I have a Brompton as well as a non folder - never take the "non folder" unless i know it can go inside somewhere or will be right in my eye-line, locked with two locks.
rodneybewes Wrote:
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> I'd keep it inside if possible.
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if this was a camera based issue it may be worth seeking out the camera evidence holding lot just off the Walworth Road?
On one of the rare occasions I took a truck out I got stuck in a box junction on the Walworth Road when a bus pulled out to avoid an errant pedestrian - at least that is what I saw when I saw the video footage at the council offices.
The bod showing me said "oh" and cancelled the ticket as before being cut up by the bus I had a clear exit route from the box
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Unreported COLLISIONS
mako Wrote:
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> Does anyone really think that unreported accidents
> cost the country ?34billion a year? Absolute
> nonsense imo.
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Hmmm - reported collisions do not equal actual collisions
Note the process at http://content.met.police.uk/Article/Collision-forms-and-reports/1400005513174/1400005513174
And
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259012/rrcgb-quality-statement.pdf
"Accidents which do not result in a personal injury (i.e. ?damage-only? accidents) are not included."
And again please do not use the word "ACCIDENT" - these are COLLISIONS!!
Blah Blah Wrote:
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> Mako does make an interesting point though. A road
> that previously had no accidents can't be improved
> by a reduced limit data wise.
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That is the motorist / speed freak take
Look at the difference in absolute number of casualties.
And they are NOT accidents - they are collisions.
Someone is ALWAYS to blame
Blah Blah Wrote:
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> So that BBC article says accidents down by 1% on
> 30mph roads but up by 24% on 20mph roads.
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> Clearly that in itself shows that speed and road
> safety don't always go hand in hand. And speed
> isn't a factor in most accidents anyway. Errors of
> judgement by drivers are the main cause of
> accidents. Motorways are the safest roads to
> travel on statistically, and they also happen to
> have the highest speed limits. Most accidents tend
> to happen during manouvres, like changing lane,
> turning corners/ right, etc - actions that require
> drivers to be slowing in speed, and likewise, most
> accidents result in no personal injury to anyone.
> We have completely lost perspective of the issue,
> and think that a few road signs and reduced limits
> will somehow cure errors of judgement and
> wreckless driving.
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bobbsy Wrote:
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> Nunhead_man - would like to see figures per
> mile...sorry if its buried deep in the article, I
> just skimmed it. Love the picture attached though!
Some more numbers here ...........
New drivers : driving test passes fall by 8% in 12/13 - From Local Transport Today issue 622
Driving licence holding hits a new high
Average mileage fell in 2013
The number of people in England holding a driving licence rose to an all-time high of 31.9 million in 2013, an 800,000 increase on the previous year, according to Transport Statistics Great Britain 2014.
The average mileage driven by motorists in Great Britain fell from 8,100 miles in 2012 to 7,900 miles in 2013, the statistics say. The total distance travelled (by all modes) by the average citizen fell slightly to 6,584 miles, down from the 2003 peak of 7,202 miles.
The number of people who passed their driving test in 2012/13 in GB fell to 677,000, down from 736,000 in 2011/12.
The number of licensed vehicles in GB rose to an all-time high of 35 million, up from 34.5 million in 2012.
The total volume of all motorised traffic rose slightly in 2013, to 303.7 billion miles (up from 302.6 billion miles in 2012), but was still well short of the 2007 peak of 314.1 billion miles.
The total cost of motoring, in comparison with a 1997 baseline, had risen by 45.3% in 2013, despite vehicle purchase costs having fallen 31.8% in the same period. The discrepancy is explained by maintenance, fuel, tax and insurance costs all more than doubling in the 16-year period in question.
Rail fares since 1997, meanwhile, almost doubled (up 94.4%) and bus and coach fares increased by 103.1%.
Road deaths, at 1,713 in 2013, fell by 2.3% to their lowest level since records began in 1926. In terms of the road safety 'league table' of developed nations, this figure places Great Britain second (at 28 road deaths per million population), just behind Sweden at 27 deaths per million.
Transport Statistics Great Britain 2014 is available athttp://tinyurl.com/nmtawc6
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Edited re points I'm covering
Firstly I wrongly assumed you were referring to cycling as opposed to walking access
Secondly re slow down - indeed- to a crawl on my Brompton - there that path was no use to me it its recent state
Thirdly re shared use it works well when there are clearly marked areas divided by a raised kerb or marked difference in surface - unlike the one at the North end of Rye Lane
Fourth re hurtling - absolutely - there are ways to slow cyclists down as on Greendale - but I'd be more worried about motor vehicles
Finally cycling is legal in any Southwark Park
Lee Scoresby Wrote:
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What you would have needed to do is to SLOW DOWN. The self-serving claim is made by part of the cycling movement (notably SUSTRANS)> that walkers and cyclists can safely share pathways and other public spaces. This dangerous
> myth has been imbibed by local government officers, and indeed councillors.
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> How will this play out on the new path? It doesn't really take any foresight to see that free-wheeling velocopedians will now hurtle down the new paved surface as fast as they can. A long slope, a straight path - irresistible. The area of real danger will be the blind curve at the bottom of the hill. Useless to imagine that Southwark park management have so much as considered this, let alone that they are intending to engineer-in any preventative safety strategy.
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>(It is a whimsical footnote that cycling is technically illegal in any Southwark park. Is that still the case?)
> Lee Scoresby
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No through route at Loughborough Junction
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Things change - get used to it ............
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Horse-Manure-Crisis-of-1894/